People who smoke in today's society are directly affecting the health and personal rights of both smokers and non-smokers around them. There are several factors that help support the idea that smoking should be banned in all public places. The main reasons for this are: it restricts the rights of non-smokers, it is dangerous to the body, it exposes children to smoking, and it has the potential to possibly decrease the number of smokers. In a recent poll from the St. Petersberg Times, 73% of current smokers, 92% of ex-smokers, 94% of people who have never smoked, and 88% of all adults believe that smoking should be banned in restaurants. As shown by the poll, a large number of non-smokers as well as many smokers believe that a ban should be placed on smoking. .
One reason smoking should be banned from all public places is because it forces smokers and non-smokers alike to inhale second-hand smoke against their will. Second-hand smoke expert Jim Repace says, "You can prove deteriorating health and point to the deaths of workers in the hospitality industry who have been exposed to passive smoking by their job." A poll provided by the Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News shows that 55% of non-smokers interviewed mind if people smoke around them, 23% said it affected their breathing, 21% had irritated eyes, and 23% were forced to cough. These non-smoking customers and workers are forced to breathe this smoke, and it is affecting their health, well-being, and personal rights as citizens. .
Someone opposed to banning smoking in public may suggest that it strips smokers of their rights. Expert Earnest Hooper argues that smokers are becoming "second-class citizens" and that non-smokers have more rights than they do. A group that supports smokers rights argues that "individuals should have the freedom to smoke, or not, as long as the product is legal." People should, and still do, have the right to smoke since it is legal.
Smokers should be held responsible for their actions, and segregated from nonsmokers. ... These laws regulate where smokers make smoke. ... This makes nonsmokers angry because the people who are smoking consume more cigarettes. ... We should continue separating smokers from nonsmoker. ... The only way to keep nonsmokers out of danger is to make laws prohibiting smokers to smoke in public places. ...
I"m first of all not going to stand up here and lecture you on how you shouldn't smoke because you are all young adults who can make their own decisions. ... Cigarette smoking is a nuisance to the nonsmoker in many ways in which some smokers do not pay attention to. Nonsmokers who hang out with smokers always perform favors without any reciprocation. ... The point I am trying to make is, it is not my addiction and I should not suffer even in the least bit for someone else. ... You can make a change by keeping the nonsmoker in mind. ...
Scott's essay does not portray the side of the smoker and the nonsmoker fairly. ... Smokers should have common sense and common courtesy for the non-smoking Americans. ... I do agree with that statement, and I think that is how it should be. ... It makes your clothes smell, and these non-smokers don't want to have their clothes smelling that way. ... I really don't think that anyone should be allowed to smoke inside at any public facility, they should go outside or to their car. ...
According to a 1998 Gallop poll, 94% of Americans, including both smokers and nonsmokers, agree that companies should either ban or restrict smoking to properly ventilated areas. ... When it was proven that secondhand smoke was harmful to nonsmokers who inhale it passively, (Koop, C. ... On the other hand, half of the states make it illegal to discriminate against those who smoke during non-working hours. ... Simply separating smokers and nonsmokers within the same airspace reduces, but does not eliminate, exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke. ... Thirdly, those who have recently quit ...
Those who choose to smoke should respect non-smokers while in enclosed areas. ... People that choose to smoke should have respect for those that choose not to smoke. ... A nonsmoker "shouldn't have to be subjected to something in a public place that makes him ill" (Lucas A8). ... Most of the chemicals found in the smoke should not be found in a human's body. ... People should not be put at risk of health dangers because of someone else's habit. ...
On the other hand, non-smokers feel that smokers violate their rights and endanger their life. The fact that smoking is allowed has put the smoker and the nonsmoker in an uncomfortable situation. Those who do not smoke should not have to breathe other people's smoke when they go into restaurants if they do not wish to. On the other hand, if someone who smokes wants to spend the evening in a bar with friends who even smoke themselves, or who do not mind other people's smoke, they feel that they should be able to do so. ... The nonsmoker does not have a choice and this i...
It is harmful for both smokers and non-smokers. ... Smoking is very bad for health and it should be banned. ... For every 8 smokers tobacco smoke kills, 1 nonsmoker is also killed by inhalation of secondhand smoke" (American Lung Association www.lungusa.org). ... (www.yahoo.com) Smoking is very bad for health and it should be banned. ... Therefore, smoking should definitely be banned so as to make the world a better place for everyone. ...
It is harmful for both smokers and non-smokers. ... Smoking is very bad for health and it should be banned. ... For every 8 smokers tobacco smoke kills, 1 nonsmoker is also killed by inhalation of secondhand smoke" (American Lung Association www.lungusa.org). ... (www.yahoo.com) Smoking is very bad for health and it should be banned. ... Therefore, smoking should definitely be banned so as to make the world a better place for everyone. ...
Cigarettes are not just cased harmful effects to the smokers, they also are dangerous to nonsmokers. ... Those common reasons telled by addicted smokers such assmoke can relexing body?... Cigarettes tend to be in form of evil which everybody should opposed. ... Although some claim that smoking in a public place if their right and should be kept that, but smoking in public places should not be legalized because it will endanger nonsmokers from passive smoke and it pollutes out enviroment. For our better quality of lifes, every people should strongly against cigarette. ...
